Welcome to The Wire for Rāpare!

Spike speaks to:

- Dr. Tim Welch about the implications of National's backtrack on the MDRS

- Amanda Ashby about the Curtain Call campaign to include effective curtains in the Healthy Home Standards

and Simon speaks to:

- Shane Henderson for City Counselling about Mayor Brown's proposed budget, airport share sales and rates rises

- 95bFM's Water Reporter Marnie Prickett about the new "Lessons Learnt" report from the Ministry of the Environment

- Josh McCormack about the "Framing Hope" exhibition, raising funds for communities out west affected by recent weather events